Improvement in devices for protecting axle-boxes from sand and dust



C. D. SEYS.

Improvement in Devices for Protecting Axle Boxes frornSand and Dust.

Patented Feb. 13, 1872,

/W//MJJM m um ' CORNELIUS D. SEYS, OF NOKOMIS, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR PROTECTlNGAXLE-BOXES FROM SAND AND DUST.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,582, dated February 13, 1872.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS D.' Sars, of Nokornis, in the count-y of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented certain iin-I provements in devices for protecting the jour nals and axle-boxes of Wheeled Vehicles, wheeled implements ot' agriculture, &c.,i`ro1n the injurious action of dnst, sand, and other substances; and I hereby declare the following to -be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing makin g a part of this specification, in Which- Figure lis a sectional view of the device, and l`ig. 2 is a view, in perspective, of the shield.

rIhis invent-ion relates to certain improvements in devices for protecting the journals and axle-boxes oi' Wheeled vehicles, wheeled implements of agriculture, dto., from the injurious action of dust, sand, and other substances; and consists of an annular disk secured to the end of the hub next to the axle, or of a iiange cast or turned upon the end oi' the hub next to the axle, in combination with a shield secured to the axle in proximity to the annular disk or fla-nge, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawing, .A is the hub. B is the annular disk or iiange, which is secured to or cast or turned upon the end ofthe hub A nearest the axle C. The shield E is secured to the axle C through the flange F, and consists ot' a l'iearly semicircnlar-shaped plate, G, provided with a semicireular lian ge,-H, and a rectangular space, I, to t over the axle O immediately at its shoulder. The shield E should be greater than a semicircle, and its under side should come in the same plane with the under surface ofthe axle O. IVhen the journal K is inserted into the axle-box the shield E and annular disk or iiange B are in proximity; and the iiange H, projecting` over the edge of the disk or flange B, prevents dust, sand, or other in j urions substances from falling upon the j onrnal Kand penetrating the axle-box.

Having thus described my improvement, W11 at I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The annular disk B on the end of the hub next the axle in combination with the shield E, composed of the plate G provided with the iianges Hand F and the space I, as described, l

for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in devices for protecting the journals, &c., of wheeled vehicles, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

CORNELIUS I). SEYS. [1.. s.]

Witnesses:

HENRY G. YOUNG, HENRY C. GAMBLE. 

